A dermatoglyphic study of the Kavalan aboriginal population of Taiwan  

作　　者：CHEN Yao-Fong ZHANG HaiGuo LAI Chun-Hung LU ZhenYu WANG ZhuGang 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Anthropology,Tzu Chi University,Hualien,Taiwan 970-04,China [2]Department of Medical Genetics,School of Medicine,Shanghai Jiao Tong University,Shanghai 200025,China

出　　处：《Science China(Life Sciences)》2007年第1期135-139,共5页中国科学(生命科学英文版)

摘　　要：By the 1970s, a number of dermatoglyphic studies of Taiwan aborigines (Gaoshan nationality) had been published, however in each only a few dermatoglyphic variables were addressed. Since that time, little new research has been conducted. In this study, we collected and analyzed the dermatoglyphs of 100 individuals of Kavalan, a Taiwan aboriginal population, and we reported a wide range of dermatoglyphic variables including total finger ridge count (TFRC), a-b total ridge count (a-b RC), atd angle and axial triradius percent distance (tPD), and frequencies of fingerprint pattern, palmar thenar pattern, palmar interdigital pattern, palmar hypothenar pattern, and simian line. This study is the first comprehensive dermatoglyphic research of any Taiwan aboriginal population.By the 1970s, a number of dermatoglyphic studies of Taiwan aborigines (Gaoshan nationality) had been published, however in each only a few dermatoglyphic variables were addressed. Since that time, little new research has been conducted. In this study, we collected and analyzed the dermatoglyphs of 100 individuals of Kavalan, a Taiwan aboriginal population, and we reported a wide range of dermatoglyphic variables including total finger ridge count (TFRC), a-b total ridge count (a-b RC), atd angle and axial triradius percent distance (tPD), and frequencies of fingerprint pattern, palmar thenar pattern, palmar interdigital pattern, palmar hypothenar pattern, and simian line. This study is the first comprehensive dermatoglyphic research of any Taiwan aboriginal population.

关 键 词：Kavalan Taiwan aborigines DERMATOGLYPHICS 

分 类 号：Q983.6[生物学—人类学]